At the time of writing the story Little Red Cap, great fear of werewolves and lycanthropy existed. Numerous trials occurred in 16th century Europe in which men would be accused of being werewolves and to have eaten children. The composer of Little Red Cap has masterfully used the archetype of a wolf as the shadow to provoke critical thought in the responders mind. Discourse is created as a genuine fear of animals and the forest is triggered within the responder’s mind. The story appeals to the contemporary responder, as it adheres to the panic and thought within the responders own
The Articles, “Frankenfood: Monstrous or Misunderstood” by, Jessica Ullian, and “Frankenfood, Coming Soon to a Store Near You?”, publishes by Fox News, both relate to Marry Shelley’s, Frankenstein by applying themes, symbols and Motifs throughout the novel. All three acquire the same theme they consist of the dangerous curiosity of knowledge. They relate to Frankenstein because Victor wants conceive a new life form, and the articles both want to compose genetically engineered food. For example, Ullian states that there is a chance that something may go wrong, “…There’s going to be an accident, and it will spread. It may not do any harm, but on the other hand, it may.” This shows the dangerous factor of the food.
Re-Visioning Women in Angela Carter’s “The Company of Wolves” Angela Carter’s “The Company of Wolves” serves to re-vision the age-old traditions of the fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood, by repurposing it into highly symbolic literary erotica. Newfound sexual suggestions made in this retelling highlight the new meaning of being a woman by means of man’s dual purpose as danger and desire, Little Red’s carnal empowerment, and her poor old Granny’s ultimate state of being. In the original tale, Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red encounters two males, one being her savior, the huntsman, and the other being a threat, the wolf. With no other position to be filled, Little Red furnishes the story as a void, as the domestic woman. Carter’s re-vision combines the man and the wolf literally into one character, the werewolf, and metaphorically by presenting “Little Red” in opposition to both ideas the two individually provided, danger and desire.
(Foster 16) Although in many cases evil does have to do with sex such as rape, I don’t believe it has everything to do with sex. During the Victorian era when all of these vampire stories were emerging in literature, Foster writes that since they couldn’t directly write about sex and sexuality, they found ways of transforming those taboo subjects and issues into other forms. (Foster 17) This may be true however he goes on to say that even today people write about vampires, ghosts, and werewolves to symbolize something that will imply something sexual. Since I was an avid reader of Twilight, I will have to defend my beloved novel and say it wasn’t all just about sex. There was evil in it but it wasn’t about some creepy old guy that wanted to take a young girl’s virginity.
I will analyze the author's title and expain the relationship between the title and the novel. I will also discuss the effect of the title on the reader. -The name "Frankenstein" is often used to refer to the monster itself. Frankenstein is a well established title because it gives a hint of the theme. In the novel, the monster is identified by words such as "creature," "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect","being", and "it", but speaking to Dr. Frankenstein, the monster refers to himself as "the Adam of your labors", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead your "fallen angel."
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”, are both excellent examples of Gothic literature and the elements which set this genre apart from others. Each author employs such Gothic elements as metonymy, mystery and suspense, and overwrought emotion to create pieces of writing that have affected the way we tell stories even to the present day. Metonymy is an element that affects the way the reader interprets the scene without knowing it. In Gothic literature, metonymy usually makes for much “doom and gloom.” Blowing winds, howls, moans, sighs, and eerie sounds are all entwined within Frankenstein, illustrating Shelley’s use of metonymy. All of these are used to subtly reference the overall air of darkness and horror apparent in the novel.
Twilight has integrated itself as a part of modern teen culture in a way that could only be rivalled by the likes of Buffy. This is largely due to it’s relatable, yet aspirational characters and twisting love story. Audiences have such an affiliation with the character’s in Twilight, they have split into two rival camps; ‘Team Edward’ and ‘Team Jacob’. Based on the Twilight love triangle and the traditional rivalry between vampires and werewolves, fans separate between themselves into these teams often by wearing clothing offered by fansites, with phrases like “TEAM EDWARD (except when Jacob is shirtless)”. The Vampire Diaries website has a merchandise store, from which you can buy the full boxset of DVDs, mugs and t shirts with The Vampire Diaries logos and characters on.
Sometimes we need to wait until the right moment or until we actually have access to the things that will fulfill our needs. In fact, the sexuality of Bram Stoker’s Dracula proves Sigmund Freud’s theory that all human behavior is motivated by either the sex drive, or some sexual impulse. To properly analyze this book, a certain “approach” needs to be applied to the book. The most interesting of these “lenses” is the Psychological Approach. When analyzing a book through the psychological lens, you must juxtapose the book itself with Sigmund Freud’s theory of the Id, the Ego, and the Super-ego.
His cry – WHOS THERE ITH NAME OF BEELZEBUB (which means devil) further develops the analogy of the the relation of the inverness with hell. Being a porter, it is his duty to welcome guests, but here he referes to the inverness as hell, thus referring to Macbeth as satan. As the porter lists of the different scenarios which refer to the crimes committes by Macbeth, such as stealing, treason & greed. The scene continues with some good natured banter with macduff, which results in the breaking of the
4 Analysis of Grotesque elements in Frankenstein It will be proven in further parts of this analysis that Frankenstein or, Modern Prometheus is a novel full of grotesque elements, such as alienation, monstrosity, terror or caricature. Mary Shelley quoted herself in “Author´s Introduction to the standard novels edition” in the third edition of her novel from 1831, that she wanted to write a story “which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror – one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beating of the heart” (Shelley, 1831, p. 7). Also, as Robert C. Evans claims, breathing life into a dead body is grotesque almost by definition. 4.1 Genesis of Frankenstein Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus is one of the best British gothic novels ever written. It was first published in London in 1818 and in that time the author remained anonymous.